What Looked Like Defiance Was Actually Grief: The Healing Power of Peer Support in Children’s Mental Health

• By: Susie Branagan, BSN, RN Susie Branagan Consulting
• July 29th, 2026
• children's mental health, emotional resilience, family peer support, grief and loss, pediatric behavioral health, peer support, school-based mental health, Summer 2026 Issue, trauma-informed care
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Ten-year-old Marcus stopped talking after his father was incarcerated. At first, school staff assumed he was angry. Then they thought he was being oppositional. Over time, his silence became impossible to ignore. He stopped participating in class discussions. He isolated himself during lunch. He...

Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Breaks Ground on New Campus to Expand Music Therapy and Education

• By: | Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
• October 23rd, 2025
• accessibility, community engagement, creative arts, emotional resilience, inclusion, mental health, music education, music therapy
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Brooklyn Conservatory of Music (BKCM), a 128-year-old nonprofit transforming lives and building community through music, has announced that it has broken ground today on a new 12,000-square-foot campus at One Prospect Park West. The state-of-the-art facility will double BKCM’s capacity to deliver...